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P. R. FISHl-IR 8v P. S. ROBE-INS.

CRATE PASTENBR.

No. 373,731. Patented Nov. 22, 1887.

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IINTTno STATES PATENT terres.

FRANK R. FISHER AND IROSPER S. ROBBINS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI; SAID ROBBINS ASSIGNOR IO SAID FISHER.

CRATE=FSTENR SPBCIFICATIONformng part of Letters Patent No. 373,731, dated November 22, 1887.

Applicatlon iled .August- 25, 1887. Serial No. 947,861. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANK R. Fist-IER and Pnosrne S. Romains, both of the city of St. Louis, in the State ot' Missouri, have inveutedn certain new and useful Improvement in Crate-Fasteners. ot' whit-h the follmving is n full, clear, end exact description, reference heing hnd to the accompanying drawings. fortning part of this spi-citication, sud in which- Figure I is n. perspective view ot' o. crate provided with our improved fnstener. Figll is an enlarged detail perspective view, showing part ofthe slide and purt of the upper shit Fig. III is an enlarged detail perspective view oi' the central slot. Fig. IV is an enlarged detail pet-spec` d removed.

3 represents the upper slet of the central partition, and 4 the top end slots ot' the crate. These shits 3 ond 4 are notched out at 5 to receive the slide 2, as shown.

6 represents straps secured to the slots 4, (and 3 also, if desired,) and which hold the slide in the notches 5, but which allow the slide to more endwise, when desired.

S represents n. spring, consisting preferably of e strip ot' sheet iuetnl secured et, its ends to the slide 2 by menus ot' screws 9 und l0. It is bent at l1 and l2 to form shoulders that beur against the opposite sides of the sint 3, when the slide is closed, and which prevent the slide from moving endwise until the shoulders are pressed inward, ns shown by dotted lines in Fig. Il. As the spring is forced inward,

the portion 13, between the shoulders 11 and l2, enters a recess, 14, in the slide, as shown, thus allowing the spring to act. The natural position ot' the spring is that shown in i'ull lines in Figs. I and Il, and when it is forced into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. II it will he understood that the slide may be moved endwise. To allow the spring to act freely. the screws 1() pass through a slot, 15, in the spring, allowing this end to move slightly as the spring is compressed. and as it moves out Word into using position the inclined portion of' the spring from the end toward one ot' the shoulders will ride against the end of the notch in the cient 3, nud the spring will be lAutomatically compressed, and as soon ns the shoulder passes the notch the spring will move outward, holding the slet in place.

XVe claim as our invention- I. In e crate-fastener, in combination with the slide, the spring S, having shoulders 11 and l2, and secured to the slide liXedly at one end and movnbly ut the other, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a crete-fastener, the combination, with Athe slide having notchl, of the spring 8, secured to the slide and hnvingshoulders 1l and 12 and portion 13, substantially es and for the purpose set forth.

3. Innl crzttefnstener, the combination of the slide, spring 8, secured to the slide at one end by screws 9 nud at the other end by screws 10, entering the slot 15, portion 13 on the spring opposite n notch, let, on the slide, and straps (i, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

FRANK R. FISHER. PRUSPER S. ROBBINS.

In presence of'- Jns. E. KNIGHT, Jos. WAHLE. 

